Lading tie-down for freight vehicles



Oct. 9, 1956 F. P. ADLER LADING TIE-DOWN FOR FREIGHT VEHICLES 2 Sheets-Sheet l.

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Filed Nov. 28, 1952 Aii'm'ney Get, 9, 1956 F. P. ADLER LADING TIE-DOWN FOR FREIGHT VEHICLES 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed Nov. 28, 1952 l nvenior anklmPAdler .Af'lorney LADING TIE-DOWN FOR FREIGHT VEHICLES Franklin P. Adler, Michigan City, Ind., assignor to Pullman-Standard Car Manufacturing Company, Chicago, Ill., a corporation of Delaware Application November 28, 1952, Serial No. 323,057

Claims. (Cl. 105-369) This invention relates to railway freight cars and is primarily concerned with a lading strap anchor for a railway box car.

The principal object of the invention is to provide in a railway freight car having a side wall, an elongated horizontally disposed member secured to the side wall, a lading strap being adapted to be threaded around the member.

Another object of the invention is to provide in a railway freight car a side wall inside lining spaced from the floor and an elongated horizontally disposed member positioned above the floor and below the inside lining and secured to the side wall, and an elongated metal plate having spaced notches in the bottom thereof positioned upon the member and secured thereto and each notch and the bounding wall of the member together forming an opening adapted to receive a lading strap.

An important object of the invention is to provide in a railway freight car a side wall inside lining spaced from the floor having a recess in the bottom thereof and an elongated horizontally disposed member positioned above the floor and below the inside lining and secured to the side wall, and an elongated metal plate having spaced notches positioned upon the member and secured thereto and the top of the plate projecting into the recess and each notch and the bounding wall of the member together forming an opening adapted to receive a lading strap.

A further object of the invention is to provide in a railway freight car, side sill connections secured to the vertical flange of the side sill and side Wall inside lining spaced from the floor and an elongated horizontally disposed member positioned above the floor and below the inside lining and means securing the member to the side sill connections, a lading strap being adapted to be threaded around the member.

A more specific object of the invention is to provide in a railway freight car, side sill connections secured to the side sill and side wall inside lining spaced from the floor having a recess in the bottom thereof and a horizontally disposed member positioned above the floor and below the inside lining and extending between the doorway and one end of the side wall and a metal plate having notches positioned upon the member and secured thereto and having the same extent as the member and the top of the metal plate projecting into the recess and each notch and the bounding wall of the member together forming an opening adapted to receive a lading strap adapted to be threaded around the member and means securing the member to the side wall framing members and side sill connections.

The foregoing and other objects of the invention are attained by the construction and arrangement illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein Fig. l is an interior side elevational view of a portion of the side wall of a railway box car showing the novel lading strap anchor arrangement secured thereto;

2,765,754 Patented Oct. 9, 1956 Fig. 2 is an enlarged detail view of a portion of the lading strap anchor arrangement shown in Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a cross sectional view taken on the line 33 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 4 is a cross sectional view taken on the line 44 of Fig. 1; and

Fig'. 5 is a horizontal sectional view taken on the line 5'5 of Fig. 1.

The invention proposes a new type of lading strap anchor for a railway freight car. The bottom board of the inside lining on the side wall of the car is spaced from the floor of the car. A horizontally disposed member is positioned above the floor and Spaced below the bottom board of the inside lining and extends between the doorway in the side wall and one end of the car and is secured to the side wall framing members. A metal strip is positioned upon the member and is secured thereto and extends between the doorway and the end of the car. The metal strip has a plurality of spaced notches in the bottom thereof and each notch in the metal strip and the bounding wall of the member together form an opening adapted to receive a lading strap which is adapted to be threaded around the member.

In the drawings, 10 generally designates a railway freight car or railway box car having side sills 11, a floor 12 seated upon the side sills, side walls 13, a doorway 14 in each side wall, and end walls 15. Each side wall 13 comprises intermediate side posts 16, channelshaped door posts 17, two-piece welded triangular-shaped corner posts 18, side sheathing 19 which is secured to the outer flange of the door posts and corner posts and the end wall and which is secured to the vertical flange 20 of the side sill 11, and inside lining 21. The intermediate side posts 16, door posts 17, and corner posts 18 may be called the framing members of the side wall 13. The bottom board of the inside lining 21 is located in spaced relation above the floor 12, as best shown in Fig. 3 The floor 12 is spaced from the vertical flange 20 of the side sill 11, and the space between the vertical flange of the side sill and the floor is filled with sealing material 22. A wood filler 23 is positioned longitudinally of the car upon the floor 12 and against the vertcial flange 20 of the side sill 11 and extends substantially full length of the car. A furring strip or nailer 24 is positioned against the web and outer flange of each of the intermediate side posts 16 and is secured to the web of each post by a bolt and nut assembly 25, the bolt extending through the nailer and the web of the respective post. The furring strips or nailers 24 terminate at the bottom of the bottom board of the inside lining 21.

A horizontally disposed elongated member 26 is positioned in spaced relation above the floor 12 and is disposed below the bottom board of the inside lining 21. The member 26 extends between the door post 17 and the corner post 18 or between the doorway 14 and one end of the car. A side sill connection, comprising an element in the form of a channel or U-shaped plate 27, has the free ends of its legs secured to the vertical flange 20 of the side sill 11 by welds 28, as best shown in Figs. 4 and 5. One side sill connection 27 is positioned between each adjacent pair of intermediate side posts 16 and between the door post 17 and the adjacent intermediate side post and between the corner post 18 and the adjacent intermediate side post, as best shown in Fig. l. The wood filler 23 is cut away at spaced locations to provide space for the side sill connections 27. The member 26 is positioned against the inner flange of the intermediate side posts 16 and against the inner flange of the door post 17 and against the adjacent flange of the corner post 18 and against the webs of the side sill connections 27.

A plurality of pairs of bolts 29, having countersunk heads, extend through the member 26 and the inner flanges of the intermediate side posts 16 and are secured by means of nuts 30 welded to the intermediate side posts and side sill connections as at 39, best shown in Figs. 3 and 4. A bracket 37 is welded to the outer 'face of the inner flange of the door post 17 and one end of the member is bolted to this bracket by bolts 29 and 7 this end of the member bears against the inner face of the inner flange of the door post. A bracket 38 is Welded to the corner post 18 and the other end of the member 26 is bolted to this bracket by bolts 29, and this end of the member bears against the adjacent flange of the corner post. Other pairs of bolts 29 extend through the member 26 and the webs of the side sill connections 27. The nuts 30 are welded to the inner flanges of the intermediate side posts 16, brackets 37 and 38, and the Webs of the side sill connections by welds 39.

An elongated metal plate 31 having a plurality of spaced notches 32 in the bottom thereof is positioned upon the member 26 and is secured thereto by welds 33 which extend between adjacent notches. The plate 31 extends between the door post 17 and the corner post 18 and has substantially the same length as the member 26. Each notch 32 in the plate 31 and the bounding wall 34 of the member 26 together form an opening adapted to receive a lading strap 35, and the lading strap is adapted to be threaded around the member. The plate 31, with its notches 32, prevents displacement of the lading straps 35 along the member 26. The bottom board of the inside lining 21 has a longitudinally extending recess or cut-out 36 in the bottom thereof, and this recess extends the full length of the bottom board. The top of the metal plate 31 projects into the recess 36, as best shown in Fig. 3. In eifect, the metal plate 31 projects behind the inside lining 21. A lading strap anchor arrangement identical to that shown in Fig. 1 will be located directly opposite thereto, on the opposite side wall of the car, since both ends of a lading strap must be anchored to the car. Two other lading strap anchor arrangements, on the other side of the doorways 14, will be secured to opposite portions of the side walls of the car. As will be apparent, four of these lading strap anchor arrangements would be installed in a conventional railway box car.

This lading strap anchor arrangement is particularly suitable for tying lading to the floor of the car. The anchor arrangement by being located on the side wall of the car is self-cleaning. The top and the bottom of the member 26 are rounded so that the lading straps will not be damaged. This anchor arrangement provides a great number of locations between the doorway and the end wall of the car through which a multiplicity of lading straps may be threaded. The anchor arrangement is removable, which makes for easy repairs in case of damage to the anchor itself, or to the car structure. The anchor arrangement can be removed without disturbing the inside lining on the side wall of the car. The member 26 and the plate 31 are fabricated of metal, preferably steel. Further, the member 26 and the plate 31 are secured to all of the intermediate side posts between the doorway and the end wall of the car and to the adjacent door post and to the adjacent corner post, which will prevent the member or the plate from pulling loose from the side wall of the car. When fork type lift trucks are used in a car, there is danger of the forks damaging the inside lining. This damage is most severe on the bottom inside lining boards. The present anchor arrangement replaces the usual two bottom boards of the inside lining with a heavy metal structure which is less readily damaged by the forks of such lift trucks. The metal plate 31 extends under and behind the inside lining to permit some variation in the application of the inside lining.

From the foregoing, it will be seen that there has been provided a lading strap anchorarrangement that is particularly adapted to tie lading to the floor of the car and extends between the side wall doorway and the end of the car and is attached to the side wall framing members to provide the required strength and a multiplicity of lading strap anchor locations.

What is claimed is:

l. In a railway freight car, a floor, a side wall having an inside lining spaced from the floor, an elongated horizontally disposed member positioned above the floor and below the inside lining, an elongated metal plate having a plurality of spaced notches in the bottom thereof positioned upon the member and secured thereto and extending to the inside lining, each notch in the metal plate and the bounding wall of the member together forming an opening adapted to receive a lading strap adapted to be threaded around the member, and means securing the member to the side Wall.

2. In a railway freight car, a floor, a side wall having framing members and an inside lining spaced from the floor and a doorway, a horizontally disposed member positioned above the floor and below the inside lining and extending between the doorway and one end of the side wall, a metal plate having a plurality of spaced notches in the bottom thereof positioned upon the memher and secured thereto and extending between the doorway and said one end of the side wall and extending to the inside lining, each notch in the metal plate and the bounding wall of the member together forming an opening adapted to receive a lading strap adapted to be threaded around the member, and means securing the member to the framing members.

3. in a railway freight car, a side sill, a floor, a side wall having framing members and side sill connections secured to the vertical flange of the side sill and an inside lining spaced from the door and having a recess in the bottom thereof, and a doorway, a horizontally disposed member positioned above the floor and below the inside lining and extending between the doorway and one end of the side wall, a metal plate having a plurality of spaced notches in the bottom thereof positioned upon the member and secured thereto and extending between the doorway and said one end of the side wall and the top of the metal plate projecting into the recess in the bottom of the inside lining, each notch in the metal plate and the bounding wall of the member together forming an opening adapted to receive a lading strap adapted to be threaded around the member, and means securing the member to the framing members and side sill connections.

4. In a railway freight car, a side sill, a floor, a side wall having intermediate side posts and a door post and a corner post and side sill connections secured to the vertical flange of the side sill and an inside lining spaced from the floor and having a recess in the bottom thereof, a horizontally disposed member positioned above the floor and below the inside lining and extending between the door post and the corner post, a metal plate having a plurality of spaced notches in the bottom thereof positioned upon the member and secured thereto and extending between the door post and the corner post and the top of the metal plate projecting into the recess in the bottom of the inside lining, each notch together forming an opening adapted to receive a lading strap adapted to be threaded around the member, and means securing the member to the intermediate side posts and door post and corner post and side sill connections.

5. In a railway box car, a side sill, a floor, a side wall having intermediate side posts and a door post and a corner post and side sill connections secured to the ver tical flange of the side sill and an inside lining spaced from the floor and having a recess in the bottom thereof, a horizontally disposed member positioned above the floor and below the inside lining and extending between the door post and the corner post, a metal plate having a plurality of spaced notches in the bottom thereof positioned upon the member and welded thereto and extending between the door post and the corner post and the top of References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 2,056,704 Anderson Oct. 6, 1936 Conrow Feb. 22, 1949 Barber Dec. 4, 1951 Dietrichson June 17, 1952 Pietzsch Sept. 16, 1952 Goodwin Oct. 14, 1952 Sjogren Feb. 10', 1953 Johnson June 2, 1953 

